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Examples
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He wore a cream white jacket with tiny silver-chased mirrors all up and down the lapels and points.
Presley of the FBI Jeff Swanson 2011
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In his right hand he usually carried an enamelled snuff-box full of ‘Spanish’ snuff, and his left hand leaned on a cane with a silver-chased knob, worn smooth by long use.
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Some carried in their wide girdles long, silver-chased pistols of more effective pattern -- flintlocks of Moorish and Turkish make.
People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005
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The sheikh drew his silver-chased pistols, threatening his own men with death if they did not take the white man, and they charged in again desperately.
People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Rowena opened the small silver-chased casket, and perceived a carcanet, or neck lace, with ear-jewels, of diamonds, which were obviously of immense value.
Ivanhoe 2004
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Most of them were half naked, but the garments they wore were fine; gold-braided jackets, satin girdles, silken breeches, tattered, stained with tar and blood, vied with pieces of silver-chased armor.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Most of them were half naked, but the garments they wore were fine; gold-braided jackets, satin girdles, silken breeches, tattered, stained with tar and blood, vied with pieces of silver-chased armor.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Nothing but a silver-chased Bible in the floor, and a snaky black smudge on the marble.
The Shadow Of The Lion Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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His hand drew the silver-chased casket from the velvet-lined interior of a drawer, set it on the desktop, and flipped open the lid.
Conan and the Emerald Lotus Hocking, John 1995
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Her right hand seemed to rise of its own accord, stroking gently around the box's silver-chased rim.
Conan and the Emerald Lotus Hocking, John 1995
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